Can Vitamin D Reduce Pain?

High doses of vitamin D may help reduce chronic pain symptoms in women with type 2 diabetes and depression who also have low vitamin D
levels, according to a small study done by researchers at Loyola University in Illinois.

In the study, forty-six women, with an average age of 54, took 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly for six months.

At the end of the so-called "sunshine study," the participants reported less nerve and sensory pain than they had at the beginning of the
study.